How Funny? - Just average

Movie: How Funny

Director: Nilu Doma Sherpa

Writer: Shan Basnyat

Starring: Priyanka Karki, Keki Adhikari, Dayahang Rai, Anoop Bikram Shahi, Nisha Adhikari and more

In My Eyes: 2/5

In a sentence, How Funny is an average sit-com movie that happens to entertain just okay.

This is a story of two best friends Ramita (Priyanka Karki) and Pushpa (Keki Adhikari) hired by a CBI officer Tej Bahadur Rai (Dayahang Rai) for a case of missing daughter Heera (Nisha Adhikari) of a rich businessman (Shishir Rana). The girls mismatch the case with another one named ‘Diamond Case’ and the series of twists and turns begin. Anoop Bikram Shahi plays another CBI officer Kumud.

Forcedly Bloomed – Bato Muniko Phool 2

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Movie: Bato Muniko Phool 2

Director: Subarna Thapa

Story: Yash Kumar

Starring: Yash Kumar, Babu Bogati, Ashishma Nakarmi, Dilip Rayamajhi, Reecha Sharma, Rima Bishwokarma, Arpan Thapa, Ganesh Upreti, Tika Pahari, Subhadra Adhikari and more.

In My Eyes: 1.5/5

This movie is yet another example of how the weak screenplay ruins the otherwise heavyweight content raised inside a film. This might also be an example of misbalance between the plots leading to the dilemma that what the primary motive of a movie or of a protagonist is.

The writing is very poor; it just couldn’t justify the theme of a movie. It raises the upper caste-lower caste discrimination problem, like in the first installment, but the developments for so look forcedly input. The whole initial processing between the characters of Yash Kumar, Ashishma Nakarmi and Babu Bogati looks rather unconvincing on the screen; it looked superficial and sadly, this was what the most of the first half contained.

Performances of the year 2072

There is no lack of talented actors here, what lack are the proper script and the direction to show the potential. Here are my favorites from the year gone by.

Top Nepali Movies 2072

Even though the year 2072 B.S. was devastating in many ways for a nation, it became quite a better year for the Nepali movie industry. The commercial success of movies was relatively greater in number. The main problem in most of the movies remains to be the screenplay. But the future is bright for sure, with many makers trying out to bring the better cinema. Pashupati Prasad is the greatest achievement of this year.

Pardesi, Dreams, Kabaddi Kabaddi, Pashupati Prasad, Prem Geet, Resham Filili, Hostel Returns, Bhairav, Classic, Woda No. 6 are the front-runners in the terms of business. The last releases of the year, Nai Nabhannu La 4 and Rampyari both are doing great business as per the news. Movies like Fanko, Ko Afno, Bhaag Sani Bhaag, Dhauli, Rahadani failed at the box-office despite their mostly average to good reviews.

Here are few movies that I found better amongst the rest.

Nai Nabhannu La 4: Dying and Crying

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Movie: Nai Nabhannu La 4

Director: Bikash Acharya

Starring: Priyanka Karki, Anubhav Regmi, Paul Shah, Barsha Raut, Aanchal Sharma, Saroj Khanal, Shishir Bhandari

In My Eyes: 1.5/5

So, dying and crying are the trademarks of Nai Nabhannu La films. Nai Nabhannu La 4 is the repetition of the same. The director somehow balances the twirled-up story and its tissue-thin screenplay with the decent presentation. Music, as in previous installments, plays the vital role.

Paul Shah’s character Neer is the protagonist, but there is confusion in the antagonist. Is Saroj Khanal’s character one or is it the mental state of Neer? Either case, the antagonist factor is not matched up to the desired level in order to create a strong conflict.

Rampyari aka REKHA THAPA

Movie: Rampyari

Director: Shabir Shrestha

Starring: Rekha Thapa, Aavash Adhikari, Aashma DC and others

In My eyes: 1.5/5

Good thing first, the message this movie tries to deliver is good. It does advocate the women rights and speaks against the women violence but also highlights the subject of men’s side in terms of the gender equality: not all men are vicious and not all women are gentle.

But is that message effectively delivered? Sadly, not much. The tissue-thin screenplay highly undermines the content of the movie. The presentation of so is formulaic and has nothing new. The director’s work can be termed average.

Nepali Movie Songs 2072

As the year is few days close to the end, I pick out few songs from the lot of soundtracks of the Nepali movies released in 2072 B.S. These are the ones, which I personally feel are better than the others are.

1. Jaalma and Surke Thaili Khai

Jaalma (Resham Filili)

This one needs no explanation. Period! 

The happy peppy track became the biggest trend on social network within the week of its release last year and contributed a big factor to the success of movie. The song that was on the mouth of the children to the senior citizens alike has already become an evergreen piece of music. One can’t resist the urge to groove when hearing this composition of Kali Prasad Baskota. His catchy simple lyrics and his voice together with Somea Baraili complimented the unique feel of the song.

The original lyrical video had many views but has been deleted from You Tube.

Surke Thaili Khai (Woda No. 6)

This is as bigger hit as Jaalma, or even more. Surke Thaili Khai is now the most viewed Nepali song on You Tube with over 6 million counts. The best quotients of this song with Rajan Raj Shiwakoti’s music, vocals of Anju Panta, Rajan Raj Shiwakoti and Raju Bishwokarma and the catchy lyrics of Shiwakoti himself are the very Nepali feel and the groovy tunes. It has the old school feel and that is what makes it perfect.

A Midsummer Night’s Sapana: Love story full of comedy

A Midsummer Night’s Sapana is the Nepali adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The veteran Sunil Pokharel deserves brownie points for presenting this drama in such an accomplished manner. The director along with the ones involved in Nepalifying the drama has succeeded wonderfully.

There are primarily three things going on: the chase and run for the love of the four young characters, a group of few people practicing for a drama to perform on the night of their King’s wedding, and in the world of God and fairies, Indra is trying to win the love of fairy-queen. They all happen to arrive in the same jungle and there is Chature, a quirky soul, amidst these happenings, who brings the supernatural turn to the stroy and fuels the fun events in their lives.

With the separate imaginative world and the real one, it looks like a fairy-tale filled with a lot of humor. With regard to the smooth transition and interaction shown between two worlds, complimented with an ample dose of laughter in a love story, the drama is very much finely executed.